S7 Ep3: S7E03: The World After Us - Fear From The Heartland

In 1994, the Lechtler family checked into room thirteen at the White Valley Hotel. By morning, both parents and their two children had vanished. The investigation yielded no answers, and the death of the hotel’s owner left White Valley with a mystery it would spend decades retelling. The hotel still welcomes guests, including visitors eager to spend a night in its most infamous room. For the young employee covering the overnight desk, that reputation is simply another way to keep a struggling business afloat. Then the newlyweds upstairs call to report an unbearable smell. With snow falling outside and the owners away, an apparently routine complaint draws the employee into the room at the center of White Valley’s unresolved past. Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chillingtalesfordarknights/ FEATURED STORY: "Drip" by Matt Richardsen Performed by Paul J. McSorley Original music by Nikki McSorley Produced by Nikki McSorley 🔑 Support Us and Listen Ad-Free (Become a Patron Today): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.chillingtalesfordarknights.com/join-now/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

An evening meant to bring a husband and wife closer ends with the loss of their infant daughter. In the months that follow, he struggles to reach Beth through her grief while privately wrestling with anger and guilt of his own. When she begins cooking again, opening the curtains, and speaking about their daughter without breaking down, he allows himself to hope. But the stove stays lit long after the meals are finished. Candles burn in empty rooms, and he hears his wife talking when no one else is there. As her comforting routines become increasingly unsettling, he must confront the possibility that he has misunderstood what is helping her survive. Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chillingtalesfordarknights/

At a small-town Florida carnival, the Ferris wheel stands still, the concession stalls sit abandoned, and something is growing where it should not. Detectives Dachery and Margot arrive to investigate a scene neither can explain. Flowers bloom from human remains. Moss spreads across the attractions with impossible speed. And a strange proclamation invokes a name that means nothing to them: the Moss Prophet. With daylight fading and backup still on the way, the partners search for answers among the remnants of a celebration gone terribly wrong. But every discovery makes the grounds less familiar—and their route back to the car more unsettling. Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chillingtalesfordarknights/

Christmas has become a season Dakota Storm would rather endure alone. Since the crash that took his wife and young son, the sheriff’s deputy has struggled to find a reason to keep going. An abandoned border collie named Apollo has given him one. Then a dying prisoner asks to see him—and makes a claim Storm cannot dismiss. Among the belongings his wife left behind, Storm finds a journal that sends him south to Memphis, where locked doors conceal suffering and asking the wrong questions can make a man a target. With Apollo at his side, he follows a trail that grows more dangerous with every answer, uncertain how much of the life he remembers he truly understood. Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chillingtalesfordarknights/

Alastair has spent more than a century among the dead, waiting for a chance to escape the darkness they share. He knows the rules of their confinement, the price of moving forward, and the satisfaction of making the living pay. But just as freedom seems within reach, a silent passenger begins to stir. A thousand voices. One body. And something inside that refuses to leave. In our latest episode, we take you on a disturbing journey into a mind crowded with secrets, grievances, and competing hungers. When every voice wants out, who can be trusted with control? Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chillingtalesfordarknights/